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In 1987, Carol Pauley, an assistant director in the city’s Department of Health was driving around during a particularly nasty heat wave. For some reason, she got it into her head that there was a serious problem which was not…

:: Five of the seven warmest temperatures ever recorded in the city occurred in the current millennium. The other two were in 1988 and 1889. :: If there is a dearth of hot-weather favorite Fla-Vor-Ice at your local Northside market…

The arrival of the first big heat wave of the season also marks the sight of wave after wave of ice cream trucks winding their way through the city’s neighborhoods, delivering cones and bars to its overheated citizens. Of course,…